The grand total was £63. Not a lot, but I'm sure Amnesty International won't mind the extra cash.
I hope to do it again next year, but make more of an effort to raise money. Seeing as all I did this year was put up the sponsorship form in the work kitchen.
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Managed to mod my Xbox, and install Xbox Media Center.
As the world of Xbox modding seems to be a world of broken links, and hazy, jargon filled guides I will attempt to come up with my own.
Watch this space.
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Didn't get much choice on the Planet SBLug Hackergoitchi did I?!
Looks cool, though I may live to regret it.
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I had a great day today at Lug Radio Live 2007 in Wolverhampton. Not only did I manage to make it, but also was able to drag along the only friend I have that is even remotely interested in Linux and Open Source. He was expecting a day of socially maladjusted misfits compareing the size of their laptops. Forutnately there was none of that, as I would win hands down.
He came away from the day admiring the surprising beauty of that part of Wolverhampton, and happy that he attened. Also he left with the Kubuntu CD, and Ubuntu Server CD that he needed quite desperatly, but internet connection had let him down.
Both of us particulally enjoyed the small exhibition area. Our attention was held by the stall by a man who modifies old Xboxs, putting Xbox Media Center on them, then selling them on ebay for £70. I bought an old Xbox the other day with the specific aim to put XBMC on it, but I had never seen an actual working version and be able to use it. Watch this blog for more info when I actually modify mine.
I also signed up to become a memenber of the Open Rights Group. So they got £15 out of me. But I took as many free malteazers, stickers, and badges as I could. I am looking forward to the action that the ORG is taking on our behalf, and making sure that our MPs stay informed.
The Swag bag was great too. Free T-shirt won me over straight away, you could have given me a Microsoft Vista CD and I wouldn't of cared! :D
See you next year.
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I went to see Taking Liberties the other day.
Its a brilliant film for all those interested in the human rights that we all posses and also believe that they are being erroded by the current UK government.
It presented me with a lot of information that I already knew and agreed with, but also new stuff. I may even go and see it a second time to take it all in.
One part of the film concerned ID cards. It included an obvious statement that "if no one uses ID cards then they become useless". I have always known this but now I'd like to say that I will not be getting and ID card and damning the concequences.
I encourage all those that care about their civil rights to see the film, it may not present much new information but its entertaining and at times quite sickening to see what is being done in our name.
Thank you.
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